diff --git a/assets/config/gitlabhq/gitlab.yml b/assets/config/gitlabhq/gitlab.yml
index f0c4c34e..7ed28773 100644
--- a/assets/config/gitlabhq/gitlab.yml
+++ b/assets/config/gitlabhq/gitlab.yml
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ production: &base
 
   ## Backup settings
   backup:
-    path: "tmp/backups"   # Relative paths are relative to Rails.root (default: tmp/backups/)
+    path: "/home/git/data/backups"   # Relative paths are relative to Rails.root (default: tmp/backups/)
     keep_time: {{GITLAB_BACKUP_EXPIRY}}   # default: 0 (forever) (in seconds)
 
   ## GitLab Shell settings
diff --git a/assets/setup/install b/assets/setup/install
index aead4cec..b91a5a52 100755
--- a/assets/setup/install
+++ b/assets/setup/install
@@ -63,10 +63,6 @@ sudo -u git -H ln -s /home/git/data/tmp/public/assets public/assets
 rm -rf public/uploads
 sudo -u git -H ln -s /home/git/data/uploads public/uploads
 
-# create symlink to backups directory
-rm -rf tmp/backups
-sudo -u git -H ln -s /home/git/data/backups tmp/backups
-
 # create production log
 sudo -u git -H touch log/production.log